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Sue
Joined: 13 Jan 2005
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?? According to the African grey site it's:
In the Genus Psittacus, there is only one species, which is erithacus, and two subspecies, plus a questionable third.
Please correct me if I misread anything? |
Wednesday February 14, 2007 2:15 am |
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shirin
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Joined: 27 Apr 2005
Posts: 7405
Location: Canada, Toronto |
As far as scientific taxonomy goes, cameroons aren't recognized as a seperate subspecies. It's usually aviculturalists that like to market them as a different subspecies just so they could charge more money for them 
By the way, don't get mad at Sue, she wasn't saying you were making up the sites. The websites that you sited actually all conclude that they are all Psittacus erithacus erithacus, and that's what Sue was trying to say  |
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Wednesday February 14, 2007 3:27 am |
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Gemma
Flier
Joined: 23 May 2006
Posts: 846
Location: Essex, England |
I know getting a bird from a shop wasn't a great idea  I got so lucky with my first parrot (poppet) who I got from a pet shop that I didnt really know about the dangers. Poppet dosn't scream or bite and he was only 15 weeks old when I got him  You can see pics of him on my diary and homepage
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Wednesday February 14, 2007 4:05 pm |
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LittleWingsAviary
Egg
Joined: 13 Feb 2007
Posts: 16
Location: Michigan |
didn't get mad just pointing out..it's not just me who believe these to be a sub-set of the greys.
but not a problem...there seems to be only one opinion allowed here and if you voice another your corrected |
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Wednesday February 14, 2007 5:00 pm |
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Lynzi Marie
Flying tumbler
Joined: 23 Aug 2006
Posts: 2052
Location: Utah |
I think there could be a few other sub-species....but I can't tell the difference   ....
I've looked up Cameroon Greys and they look just like Congo's to me....
I guess my eyes are funny. :wink :
are Cameroons and Ghanas the same or are they two dif. sub-species?
there are probably toooons of species of birds and animals in general that humans probably haven't even seen yet.... |
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Wednesday February 14, 2007 5:24 pm |
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Sue
Joined: 13 Jan 2005
Posts: 10102
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there seems to be only one opinion allowed here and if you voice another your corrected
That is not true, but the scientific books say there are just two. 
I think there can be differences within the two subspecies.
Ah well, they change the family name too every now and then. I believe the smaller macaws are now called propyrrhura? I'm not sure? Instead of ara?? |
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Wednesday February 14, 2007 8:07 pm |
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LittleWingsAviary
Egg
Joined: 13 Feb 2007
Posts: 16
Location: Michigan |
the only macaws I know alittle about are the severe's they are my fav...would love to get a pair. I couldn't get into the bigger macaws because we just can't do the size without adding onto the house...lol |
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Wednesday February 14, 2007 9:22 pm |
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